Hillary Clinton pushes to measure women’s progress

Hillary Clinton announced a push to measure the progress of “equal participation of women” around the world in a speech at the Clinton Global Initiative on Wednesday morning.

“I believe it’s time for a full and clear-eyed look at how far we have come, how far we still have to go and what we plan to do together about the unfinished business of the 21st century, the full and equal participation of women,” the former secretary of state said on the second day of the signature event of the Clinton family’s foundation.

The theme of that Beijing speech, and equal participation, has been threaded throughout Clinton’s commentary at CGI. On a panel moderated by CNN’s Sanjay Gupta on Tuesday, Clinton referenced that anniversary and said she thinks electing a female U.S. president — no matter who she is — would send an important message globally.

Clinton also re-entered the political fray dramatically on Tuesday, saying that a government shutdown, forced by the GOP, could benefit Democrats.